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INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

INTERPRETATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS:

• General: (See also DETERMINISM):
  • Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics [Wikipedia]
  • Quantum Measurement FAQ with excellent selected references, by Paul Budnik [Mountain Math]

  • Philosophic Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by Hans Reichenbach [Berkeley: California, 1944]
  • Are Quanta Real? A Galilean Dialogue by Josef M. Jauch [Indiana, 1974]
  • Quantum Theory and Measurement edited by J. Archibald Wheeler and W. H. Zurek [Princeton, 1983]
  • Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics by J. S. Bell [Cambridge, 1987]
  • Veiled Reality by B. d'Espagnat [Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1995]
  • The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat by Zvi Schreiber [Imperial College London M.Sc. dissertation, 1995]
  • Foundations and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics by Gennaro Auletta [Singapore: World Scientific, 2001]
  • Between classical and quantum by N. P. Landsman [Handbook of the Philosophy of Physics, Elsevier (2005)]
  • The Quantum Measurement Problem: State of Play by David Wallace [2007/12]
  • Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics and the measurement problem by Marco Genovese [2010/02]
  • A short introduction to the quantum formalism(s) by François David [2012/11]
  • On the problem of the interpretation of quantum physics by A. A. Grib [Physics -- Uspekhi 56, 1230 (2013)]
  • Les interprétations de la mécanique quantique : une vue d'ensemble introductive by Thomas Boyer-Kassem [2015/09]
  • History of Quantum Mechanics, or the Comedy of Errors by Jean Bricmont [2017/03] Despite the polemical-sounding title, this is just a summary of the positions of Einstein and Bell, with an excellent discussion of Bell's Theorem.

• General: Experimental Tests:
  • Collapse challenge for interpretations of quantum mechanics by Arnold Neumaier, 2005/05
  • Fundamental phenomena of quantum mechanics explored with neutron interferometers by J. Klepp et al., 2014/07
  • Testing foundations of quantum mechanics with photons by Peter Shadbolt et al. [Nature Physics 10, 278 (2014)]
  • Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils (book introduction) by Giulio Chiribella and Robert W. Spekkens [2018/05]
  • Testing the limits of quantum mechanics by Tejinder P. Singh [2018/10]
  • Collapse Models: Main Properties and the State of the Art of the Experimental Tests by Matteo Carlesso and Sandro Donadi [2019/07]

• General: Experimental Tests: Afshar's Experiment; Bohr-Einstein debate; EPR Experiment; Popper's Experiment;

• Types: BOHM-DE BROGLIE; COPENHAGEN; DECOHERENT HISTORIES; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRALS; GEOMETRIC; MANY WORLDS; TRANSACTIONAL;

• Type: BAYESIAN:
  • An Introduction to QBism with an Application to the Locality of Quantum Mechanics by Christopher A. Fuchs et al. [2013/11]

• Type: CATEGORICAL:
  • A universe of processes and some of its guises by Bob Coecke [2010/09]

• Type: CONSISTENT QUANTUM THEORY:
  • An Introduction to Consistent Quantum Theory by Pierre C. Hohenberg [2009/09]

• Type: HIDDEN VARIABLE:
  • Research on Hidden Variable Theories: a review of recent progresses by Marco Genovese [Phys. Reports 413, 319 (2005)]
  • History of Quantum Mechanics, or the Comedy of Errors by Jean Bricmont [2017/03] Despite the polemical-sounding title, this is just a summary of the positions of Einstein and Bell, with an excellent discussion of Bell's Theorem.

• Type: MONTEVIDEO:
  • The Montevideo Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: a short review by Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin [2015/02]

• Type: PHYSICALLY COLLAPSING WAVE FUNCTION:
  • Collapse Models by Philip Pearle [in F. Petruccione and H. P. Breuer, eds., Open Systems and Measurement in Relativistic Quantum Theory, (Berlin: Springer, 1999)]
  • The "Unromantic Pictures" of Quantum Theory by Roderich Tumulka [2006/07]
  • Models of Wave-function Collapse, Underlying Theories, and Experimental Tests by Angelo Bassi et al. [2012/04]
  • Possible role of gravity in collapse of the wave-function: a brief survey of some ideas by Tejinder P. Singh [2015/03]
  • Testing the limits of quantum mechanics by Tejinder P. Singh [2018/10]
  • Collapse Models: Main Properties and the State of the Art of the Experimental Tests by Matteo Carlesso and Sandro Donadi [2019/07]
  • Gravitational decoherence: A thematic overview by Ch. Anastopoulos and B.-L. Hu [2021/11]

• Type: QUANTISED DETECTOR NETWORKS:
  • Quantized Detector Networks: A review of recent developments by George Jaroszkiewicz [2007/09]

• Type: RELATIONAL:
  • The relational interpretation of quantum mechanics by C. Rovelli [2021/09]

• Type: SCHWINGER'S:
  • Schwinger's picture of quantum mechanics by F. M. Ciaglia et al. [2020/02]

• Type: TOPOS:
  • Review of the Topos Approach to Quantum Theory by Cecilia Flori [2011/06]
  • Lectures on Topos Quantum Theory by Cecilia Flori [2012/07]

• Type: TWO STATE-VECTOR (Aharonov-Bergmann-Lebowitz):
  • The Two-State Vector Formalism by Lev Vaidman [2007/06]

• Type: WIGNER (PHASE SPACE) INTERPRETATION:
  • Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space by Ali Mohammad Nassimi [2007/06]

• Aspects: COUNTERFACTUAL PROPOSITIONS:
  • Counterfactuals in Quantum Mechanics by Lev Vaidman [2007/09]

• Aspects: DELAYED CHOICE:
  • Delayed-choice gedanken experiments and their realizations by Xiao-song Ma et al. [2014/07]

• Aspects: PARADOXES:
  • Errors and paradoxes in quantum mechanics by Daniel Rohrlich [2007/08]

• Aspects: SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT:
  • Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik by Erwin Schrödinger [Naturwiss. 23, 807, 823, and 844 (1935)]
    • English translation by John D. Trimmer [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 124, 323 (1980)]
    • Schrodinger Cat States in Circuit QED by Steven M. Girvin [2016/07]
    • The Schrödinger Cat: Physics, Myth, and Philosophy by C. S. Unnikrishnan [2021/07]

  • Schrödinger's SQUID:
    • Physicists unveil Schrödinger's SQUID by Adrian Cho [Science 287, 31 (2000)]
    • New Life for Schrödinger's Cat by Anthony J. Leggett [Physics World, August 2000]
    • Quantum superposition of distinct macroscopic states (Detection of a Schroedinger's Cat State in an rf-SQUID) by Jonathan R. Friedman et al. [Nature 406, 43 (2000)]
    • Quantum Superposition of Macroscopic Persistent-Current States by C. H. van der Wal et al. [Science 290, 773 (2000)]

  • Re: OPTICS:
    • Quantum Superpositions and Schrödinger Cat States in Quantum Optics by C. C. Gerry and P. L. Knight [Am. J. Phys. 65, 964 (1997)]

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